Leon Spierer served as 1st concertmaster of the Berlin Philhramonic Orchestra from 1963 to 1993 under the batons of principal conductors Herbert von Karajan and Loren Maazel, among others. Before this, he was the first concertmaster of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra from 1958 to 1963. Maestro Spierer has been mentored by Ljerko Spiller in Buenos Aires and Max Rostal in London. In 1969 he was awarded the Prize of German Music Critics for “versatility in the interpretation of different musical styles.” Maestro Spierer has given master classes and coached orchestras/soloists in Europe, Latin South America, and the Far East. He has been a Jury member of numerous international Violin Competitions, including in Munich, Hanover, Genoa, Odense, and Pamplona. He has recorded Violin concerti by composers ranging from Beethoven to Berwald, as well as the Orchestra solo in recordings of Heldenleben under the baton of Herbert von Karajan (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) and Scheherazade under the direction of Loren Maazel (Berlin Philharmoni Orchestra), among others.